Orange Fizz
Hoops
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442How Will Joe Girard be Remembered?
Joe Girard’s Syracuse’s career can, and is, looked at through many different lenses. Some will remember his inconsistencies and the lack of...
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351Which Coach is Primed for More Success in 2023, Autry or Babers?
March 2023 has been one of the busiest months in a long time for Syracuse University Athletics. To begin the month, the...
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480Syracuse Should Pursue These Other Transfer Targets
The Red Autry Era is starting to rev into gear, and Autry’s already shown his recruiting prowess, picking up JJ Starling in...
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436Judah Mintz Should Do What’s Best for Judah Mintz
With all of the positive momentum that has been going the way of Syracuse, there was always going to be the crash...
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523What Does Jesse Edwards’ Future Entail?
Syracuse basketball made its first monumental decision shortly after the end of the 2023 season, moving on from Jim Boeheim and progressing...
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329SU’s Player Development, Not Gimmick, Will Bring Back Tournament Success
Filling out an NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket without Syracuse somewhere on it is a strange feeling. No matter how old you...
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303Let’s Hope Boeheim Doesn’t Impede on Autry
Jim Boeheim might be done on the sidelines, but he’s far from finished having a voice at SU. This week he was...
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465What Happens If Judah Mintz Stays or Leaves?
The offseason has nearly trumped the end of season storylines that continue to surface for ‘Cuse men’s hoops. A four-game losing stretch,...
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2835 Biggest Takeaways from Day 1 of March Madness
We’re just 16 games into the tourney but there’s already been some headlines. Here’s the biggest. 5) Pressure bursts tourney pipes. These aren’t...
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291Which ACC Team Makes a Deep March Run?
March Madness starts today. Brackets will be busted, Cinderella runs started and a champion crowned. Will that winner be from the ACC?...
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372Syracuse Basketball Has Momentum Again
It’s been a long week for the Syracuse men’s basketball program. Just seven days ago, the Orange were taking on Wake Forest...
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6352022-23 Syracuse Basketball: Another Season of Inches
While the record wasn’t quite as bad as last season’s, Syracuse’s story in both of its last two campaigns was a similar...
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439Red Is The New Orange: Autry Officially Succeeds Boeheim
As real and weird as it may or may not feel, now it’s official. On Friday morning, the torch was officially passed...
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681What Happens to Gerry McNamara?
The bombshell that Jim Boeheim will not be returning as Syracuse’s head coach and associate head coach Adrian Autry is taking over,...
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413The Final Moments Of Jim Boeheim’s Tenure Weren’t Like the Rest
Brash. Stubborn. All-knowing. Words used to describe Jim Boeheim throughout his 47-year head coaching career at Syracuse. He built the program from...
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463Where Were You When… Team Fizz Recalls The Moment Boeheim Retired
IAN: I and the rest of the WAER Sports contingent had just returned to our hotel from the Greensboro Coliseum. I was...
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540Jim Boeheim Retires in the Most Jim Boeheim Way Possible
After nearly half a century at the helm of Syracuse basketball this should have been a sweet, honorable ride into the Central...
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322Greensboro Heartbreak: Wake Forest Ends Syracuse’s Season (And Maybe Boeheim’s Career) At The Buzzer
For the second time in three seasons, late-game magic has been the downfall of Syracuse Men’s Basketball at the ACC Tournament. Two...
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404Did Judah Mintz Have a Good Case For ACC Rookie of the Year?
In just a few days’ time, Syracuse men’s hoops’ 2022-23 season will probably be over, barring an eleventh-hour NIT pity bid. If...
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317What Can We Make of KenPom’s ACC Tournament Projections?
It’s been a strange ACC basketball season so far. Teams like Duke and North Carolina possess incredible high-end talent that hasn’t lived...
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317Syracuse Scores Feel-Good Win Over Wake Forest, 72-63
After a week spent hyping up Saturday’s festivities, Syracuse men’s basketball (17-14, 10-10 ACC) made sure it didn’t ruin its own party...
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578Syracuse’s Top 2 Outside Coaching Candidates
After the season ended last year, we did a multi-week series profiling who Syracuse’s next coach could be. It started with current...
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5821Competitiveness is Jim Boeheim’s Best Quality. It’s Driven Syracuse to the Brink
After another demoralizing performance by Syracuse against Georgia Tech on Tuesday night, it’s time for everyone to look in the mirror. Players,...
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531Syracuse Hoops Must Change To Survive, Or Else
For a particular beleaguered, has-been college basketball power, February 2023 was a no-good, very bad month. It began with public admonishment aimed...
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366It Can Always Get Worse… Syracuse Embarrassed by GT
In 1859, Charles Darwin came up with the theory of natural selection. It’s a rather simple idea. Certain species are born with...
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340This is Not the January Version of Georgia Tech
Syracuse Basketball returns home for its final two regular season games of the season. The Orange (16-13, 9-9) are still trying to...
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408The Sweet 16 Run in 2021 May Have Been a Net Negative
The old saying “defense wins championships” is a popular one, and it’s something Syracuse Men’s Basketball held dear on its run to...
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309Syracuse Drops Third Straight in 99-82 Loss to Pittsburgh
After a positive first half, at least compared to the last two games, SU collapsed in the second half in a 99-82...
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315Mintz’s Frosh Season is Comparable to Melo’s
Syracuse’s season is coming to a close very soon unless there’s an NIT or CBI invitation. In the wake of this year’s...
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434The End is Going to be Ugly for Jim Boeheim
A couple of months ago, we at The Fizz wrote a piece about how the end was near for Jim Boeheim, and...
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483Syracuse Looks Lifeless in 91-73 Loss to Clemson
After an embarrassing loss to Duke over the weekend, it’s no secret that every game onward was essentially a must-win. Leg one...
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335The Season of Experimentation Starts Now
Congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils for finally ushering Syracuse into the next stage of its season. The Orange have four games...
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398Syracuse Has Officially Hit Rock Bottom
If you walked around SU’s campus on Saturday afternoon, there was a palpable buzz in the atmosphere. The Orange were on a...
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606Syracuse-Duke is Not a Rivalry, and Never Will Be
There are a bajillion adjectives you could use to describe yesterday’s game, and none of them are kind to Syracuse. A letdown....
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340ESPN’s Vitale: Mintz Should Play Second Year at SU
On the off chance that anyone affiliated with Duke men’s basketball regards Syracuse to be a worthy rival, yesterday’s 77-55 throttling at...
